The 11th Annual EIC DAY IS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2010!
A list of what to bring, wear, etc., will be accessible here closer to the service day.

Harvesting pantry vegetables at Olbrich

4,000 HOURS IN A DAY?

The entire Edgewood High School of the Sacred Heart student body and faculty and staff put down the books for one full day each year to volunteer 4,000 hours serving community needs. "Edgewood High School in the Community" service day is a manifestation of the school's mission to educate its students not only academically but also in service and personal responsibility, with an emphasis on Dominican Catholic values which include justice, compassion, partnership and community.

No matter how small the task ... someone, somewhere, is thanking God that it's done. -- Student

Fleet of buses await

SERVICE A PART OF EHS LIFE

Edgewood High School considers service an intergral part of Homecoming. Edgewood in the Community serves to jump-start the students' excitement for the school's mission to educate in service. It also gives them an early opportunity to have service experience, and to connect with types of work and organizations they would enjoy in the future.

Today you are at the very core of the word of Jesus Christ. He turned our usual model on its head when he said that the one who will be greatest is the one who will serve the most. -- Monsignor Michael Burke

Mulching playgrounds for child safety

OVER 50 LOCATIONS

The day starts with a prayer service, then students head to the 14 buses that take them to work sites.

Students are randomly assigned to work sites in groups that include members of all four grades, a faculty or staff leader and sometimes a parent volunteer.

The Edgewood in the Community event is beautifully orchestrated! I am so impressed with the teamwork of the Edgewood staff and students. It is a privilege to participate. -- Parent Volunteer

Wheelchair-bound seniors visit zoo

CHILDREN, THE ELDERLY, THE ENVIRONMENT, THE POOR IN OUR MIDST

Working at over 50 locations throughout the Madison metropolitan area, students serve meals, harvest food pantry vegetables, tutor children, clean community centers, pick up garbage and landscape at city parks and gardens, play music for and spend time with seniors, and more. Edgewood in the Community Day is just the beginning of service by EHS students; each school year ends with a total of almost 15,000 student hours given to meet needs throughout the metro area. Each student finishes high school with 100 hours of service; many give well over 200 service hours.

The crew that was sent was extremely hard working and never complained. The tasks were strenuous, tedious and dirty. The help that the students provided was invaluable. -- Nonprofit leader

Much effort expended in a good cause

A LONG, GOOD DAY

The day ends with an assembly in the Krantz Center where both students and some of the nonprofit organizations served share reflections on the day. Everyone goes home tired, but fulfilled, and with stories to tell their families.

We want our kids to know that when they leave here, we expect them to go out and make the world a better place, and we work hard to provide them some training and experience in how to do that. -- EHS Principal Bob Growney